SOCIOL 790 A & B
SOCIOL 790
Research Project
Please note: this is archived course information from 2020 for SOCIOL 790.
Description
All students commencing enrolment in BA(hons) in Sociology from semester one 2020 on will be required to complete SOCIOL790 Research Project. In 2020 this will be offered in semester two.
SOCIOL790 is an individual independent research project supervised by a full time member of the academic staff of Sociology or Criminology. During semester time there will be a small number of meetings for all students undertaking SOCIOL790, although most of the work for this course will be independent research undertaken with guidance from your academic supervisor.
Completion of SOCIOL790 will require submission of a written assignment of no more than 12,000 words. The deadline for submission is Friday 6 November 2020 (this date is two weeks after lectures end). An extension of no more than one week may be granted in case of illness, but note that late submission may result in your research project not being graded in time for the completion of grades for the award of the degree by the end of 2020.
In order that the disciplinary area of Sociology can assign you a supervisor with suitable expertise, you are asked to submit a one page Statement of Research Intent by 26 June 2020. This must be no more than one page single spaced (maximum 500 words). In this document please clearly state:
- Your name, student ID number, university email address and date you first enrolled in the BA(hons);
- A title which clearly and succinctly summarises your proposed research project;
- One paragraph outlining the research area in which your research project fits (for example, sociology of violence, sociology of the family), and your focus within that area;
- One paragraph outlining the specific research question for the focus of your research project;
- A very brief indication of the rationale for your research project (for example, clarification of some conceptual problem, survey of a specific literature, or preparation for an MA thesis, etc.);
- Although you do not need to have a fully developed research methodology for this Statement of Research Intent, if you have a clear idea of how your project will proceed, you may wish to mention this. Because of ethics requirements at the University of Auckland and the timeframe of these projects, it is unlikely that this research project will involve the collection of primary empirical data, and is more like to be conceptual or based on existing secondary data (quantitative or qualitative);
- If you have identified a potential supervisor for your research project, please note this in your one page Statement of Research Intent. You do not need to negotiate with supervisors in advance, and please note that allocations will consider but will not rest solely on preferences expressed by students;
- Your Statement of Research Intent does not require a reference list or a full literature review, but you please feel free to mention the names of key authors you will draw upon where this is relevant.
Statements of research intent are due no later than Friday 26 June 2020. Please keep to this as a strict deadline, so that approval of research projects and allocation of supervisors can be made before the start of term on Monday 27 July 2020. Please submit your Statement of Research Intent to Jackie Flint (jackie.flint@auckland.ac.nz). If you would like to discuss your intended project or if you need further clarification, please contact Steve Matthewman (s.matthewman@auckland.ac.nz).
SOCIOL790 is the only core course required for BA(hons) in Sociology. Students whose enrolment in BA(hons) commenced in semester two 2019 or earlier are not required to take SOCIOL790 for completion, but may choose instead to enrol in SOCIOL739 in semester one 2020.
Availability 2020
Semester 2
Lecturer(s)
Lecturer(s) Professor Steve Matthewman
Points
SOCIOL 790A: 15 points
SOCIOL 790B: 15 points
SOCIOL 790: 30 points
